Monday, September 17, 2007

NEW FALL T'S OUT NOW! Carhartt has been a great supporter of my work and has had me involved in 4 different seasons on 2 continents, so here are some of the graphics available for fall/winter 2007/2008

Christopher Bettig won third place out of 15000 designs in Japan's Graniph Design Awards!!! Really excited about this too, the few times I've been in Japan I've always gone to the Graniph stores and loved their shirts, and I'm proud to have won and be a part of the Graniph family.

theMountainLabel was hired to develop elements of the new holiday 2007 ad campaign for womens' clothing line / retailer ARDEN B. Full page ads coming out in Vogue, Lucky etc.. should be in the November 2007 issues... as well as in store/window signage... more to come!

A beautiful new book by Gavin Lucas about the art of badges, button and pins... featuring a nice spread on theMountainLabel as well as so many talented artists/designers from all over the world. available at amazon

Dublab introduces their newest art project, Dreamscene, with an installation at the A+D Museum in Los Angeles. Featuring a new poster design by me as well as art from a ton of other amazing people! My poster is a concert poster for the various aliases / personas of Will Oldham, one of my all time favorites.

I've got a new piece in a show in downtown LA at the UNITARD GALLERY 706 East 1st St. LA, CA 90012. SATURDAY APRIL 28 8PM-2AM. The piece is made from found papers and masking tape. It's the beginning of a new body of work made from found paper (junk mail, off the street, packaging, shopping bags etc) collages, this new work also will be featured on a new collaboration with Poketo in late 2007 / 2008... but that's for a different post on a different day. The show features work by Frohawk 2 Feathers, Katsuo Design, Albert Reyes and several others...

I love Jeremyville, the first time I was in Sydney I hung out in the shop and met a bunch of really cool people, (and I love Jeremy's work too) so when I was asked to be a part of the Sketchel project, of course I was excited. This new book features some of my pieces, buried in a sea of tons of amazing work by a ton of artists... the book comes with stickers and a dvd too.

Lily Savitch A Boutique opens on MARCH 1ST!!!! theMountainLabel was hired to develop the boutique, and therefore designed and constructed all the stores' fixtures as well as the art elements. The Boutique is located at 524 1/2 N La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036. 323/933.3133

NEW SPRING T'S DROPPING IN EUROPE!!! Yes, a new season featuring new graphics by me. Carhartt has been such a huge supporter of my work it's been so amazing working with them, this is my 3rd season with them and hopefully many more to come! check out all the cool stuff they've got going on:

WINTER WONDERLAND - exhibit featuring a mural by Christopher Bettig and Tim Reed, and the works of Andrew Pommier, Buff Monster, Bwana Spoons, Ferris Plock, and many more... Had such a great time working on this with my friend Tim and with Freddi C. and even my girlfriend Cindy helped paint... opening reception Saturday DEC. 9TH, 6-11pm. exhibit on view through DEC. 22ND, 2006. THE LAB 101 GALLERY 8530-B Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232.

The Mountain Label is the design studio of Christopher Bettig, a French / American artist living and working in Los Angeles, California. Chris is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA degree in painting, but finds himself spending a lot of time developing products, graphics and installations for a diverse group of clientele.
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